1. Master of Photography:
Born:
Ansel Adams
1902
Died:
1984
Famous For: Black and White Landscape
Type of Photography: Landscapes
B&W or Color: Black and White
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Biographical Information:
Ansel Adams was born February 20th, 1902
in San Francisco, California. He was
known for taking photos in the American
west. He took many of his great works of
art in Yosemite National Park.
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Description of Work:
In the beginning of Ansel Adams Career he
focused on close up photos as well as photos of
large forms. When he went to Mexico and
studied with Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe
and Paul Strand he began publishing essays and
instructional books of photography.
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2. Master of Photography:
Mathew Brady
Born: 1822
Famous For:
Died: 1896
Portraits of celebrities & civil war photos
Type of Photography: Photojournalism
B&W or Color: Black and white
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Biographical Information:
Mathew Brady was born near Lake George, New
York. He was one of the first people to document
history with a camera. He opened up his own portrait
studio, and had many famous people/celebrities sit for
his portraits. He had presidents, political leaders
businessmen, writers and military generals, sit for his
portraits.
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Description of Work:
Throughout Brady’s life he made money and sold
many photos but, like wasn’t always so good for him.
He had an eye condition that made his eyesight very
bad. It was surprising that he could take such amazing
photos. He had celebrities sit for his portraits in his
own studio. His studio made Broadway in 1844. After
the war he didn’t sell many photos because many
people chose to try and forget the war. Therefore
Brady, near the end of his life
in debt & could pay
for his equipment.
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3. Master of Photography:
Born:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Died:
1815
Famous For:
Heroic themed portraits
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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1879
Portraits
Black and white
Biographical Information:
Julia Margaret Cameron was born in the East of
India. She was educated in France but then
returned home to India. She married Charles
Cameron in 1838 and then in1848 her husband
retired from work and moved the family to
England. She took most of her photos in a little
chicken coop.
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Description of Work:
Julia Cameron took many portrait photos. Her
specialty was heroic themed photographs or
photos of the celebrities of that time. She took
her photos in a small chicken coop, and she
spent hours in there until she got the photo just
right.
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4. Master of Photography:
Born:
Alfred Stieglitz
Died:
1864
Famous For:
Making photography known and accepted
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
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1946
Candid photos & portraits
Black and white
Biographical Information:
Alfred Stieglitz was born in 1864 in Jersey
and he died in 1946 in the state of New
York. Through out his life he loved
photography. In the middle of his career he
opened up a gallery called 291.
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Description of Work:
His work was mostly candid shots of people.
Most of his photos are black and white. Back
when Alfred Stieglitz took photos, photography
wasn’t greatly accepted as a form of art yet. He
tried his hardest to get photography accepted.
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5. Master of Photography:
Born:
W. Eugene Smith
Died:
1918
Famous For:
Vivid world war two photographs
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
1978
Mostly candid shots
Black and White
Biographical Information:
W. Eugene Smith was born in Wichita, Kansas
and died in Tucson, Arizona. All through his life
of taking photos he tried to show the raw truth
about what was going on in the war. His photos
were intense and represented high success in his
time period.
Description of Work:
W. Eugene Smith’s work was extremely
raw and they were mostly candid shots.
The majority of his photos were of World
War Two and showing the truth about the
war. Also, the majority of his photos are
black and white.

6. Master of Photography:
Born:
Dorothea Lange
Died:
1895
Famous For:
Depression Era Photos
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
1965
Portraits
Black and White
Biographical Information:
Dorothea was born in 1895 and died in 1965.
When she was seven she contracted the disease
polio leaving her right leg and foot noticeably
weak. Then, when Dorothea was 12, her father
and mother divorced and she blamed the divorce
on her father and then took her mothers last
name.
Description of Work:
Dorothea’s work started out as her mainly
photographing the native Americans around the
south west and then in the 1930’s with the
beginning of the great depression she began
taking photos of her town and the impact it had
on them.

7. Master of Photography:
Born:
Alexander Rodchenko
Died:
1891
Famous For:
Radical Angel Photos
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
1956
Angles and Lines
Black and white
Biographical Information:
Alexander Rodchenko was born December 5th, 1891
in Russia and died on December 3rd, 1956 also in
Russia. Alexander’s father was a theatre designer and
his mother a laundress. From 1908-1910 he was a
dental technician soon after that he studied at the
Kazan school of art and then he also studied at the
stroganov institute in Moscow.
Description of Work:
Alexander Rodchenko work mainly consisted of an abstract
style. He was very interested in different lines and shapes. He
also enjoyed taking photos at interesting angles that no person
has taken a photo at before. Alexander was one of the
founders of constructivism and productivism in Russia.
Unfortunately from the late 1930’s he was forced to quit
photography until the end of his life in 1956.

8. Master of Photography:
Born:
Robert Frank
Died:
1924
2013
Famous For: His book of photos
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
Polaroid photos
Black and White
Biographical Information:
Robert Frank was born into a wealthy Jewish family
in Switzerland. He started taking photos to escape his
business oriented family. He studied under a few
photographers for a few years, before publishing his
own book of photos named ‘ 40 fotos.’ Later in life he
married another photographer named Mary
Lockspeiser. Robert Frank has two children with her;
named Andera & Pablo.
Description of Work:
Robert Frank’s work consisted of black and
white, Polaroid photographs. He wanted the
people who saw his photographs to also see
what he though was important. He took many
photos of political events and important going
on’s when took the photos.

9. Master of Photography:
Lennart Nilsson
Born: 1922
Famous For:
Died:
Photos of embryos
Type of Photography:
Macro Images
B&W or Color: Color
Biographical Information:
Lennart Nilsson was born in Sweden. His father
and his uncle were both photographers, no
wonder where he got his inspiration from. Some
of Lennart’s photos made it on the cover of a
magazine and on 16 pages. The photos consisted
of photos of embryos titled ‘A Child Is Born.’
Description of Work:
Lennart Nilsson’s work specializes in macro
photography. His most famous photos are of the
embryo. He astounded many with his extremely
close up photos. I honestly think he is my
favorite photographer out of all of these.

10. Master of Photography:
Born:
Annie Liebovitz
Died:
1949
Famous For:
Portraits
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
Portraits
Color
Biographical Information:
Annie Liebovitz was born October
2nd, 1949 in Waterbury, Connecticut. In
1970 she got a very good job al rolling
stone magazine. During the late 1980’s she
began working on very high profile
advertizing campaigns.
Description of Work:
Annie Liebovitz’s work consists of mostly
color portraits. Most of her portraits have
had many famous people in them as well as
unknown people. She is still alive today.

11. Master of Photography:
Born:
Richard Avedon
Died:
1923
Famous For:
Fashion Photos
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
2004
Fashion & Portrait
Black and White
Biographical Information:
Richard Avedon was born May 15th, 1923 in New
York City. His mother came from a dress
manufacturer and his father owned a clothing store
named Avedon’s fifth avenue. Inspired by his parents
clothing business he took much interest in the fashion
world. He also enjoyed taking photos of his fathers
clothing in his store.
Description of Work:
Richard Avedon’s work consisted of black and
white portraits. He was very interested in the
fashion world and taking photos of clothing. He
shot in vogue and modeling conventions around
the world.

12. Master of Photography:
Jerry Ueslmann
Born: 1934
Famous For:
Died:
Multi-layered photos
Type of Photography:
B&W or Color:
photomontage
Black and White
Biographical Information:
Jerry Ueslmann was born June 11th, 1934 in
Detroit, Michigan. He went to the
Rochester institute of technology in 1953.
In 1957 Jerry married a woman named
Marilynn Kamischke.
Description of Work:
Jerry Ueslmann’s work consists of his own
negatives. He shoots his own negative
photos and layers/ edits them with out the
use of Photoshop. His inspiration to work
and be better came from noticing a flaw
with someone's photo shop & he though he
could do a better job.